Operationalisation of Hybrid Peacebuilding in Asia : From Theory to Practice / edited by Yuji Uesugi, Anna Deekeling, Sophie Shiori Umeyama, Lawrence McDonald-Colbert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Uesugi, Yuji.

Contributor:

Uesugi, Yūji, 1970- editor.

Deekeling, Anna., editor.

Umeyama, Sophie Shiori., editor.

McDonald-Colbert, Lawrence., editor.

Series:

Security, Development and Human Rights in East Asia, 2947-5112

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asia--Politics and government.

Asia.

Peace.

Asian Politics.

Peace and Conflict Studies.

Local Subjects:

Asian Politics.

Peace and Conflict Studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 203 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2021.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This open access book explores common critiques in the literature of hybrid peacebuilding, especially the lack of connection between hybridity in theory and practice. Through using a complexity-informed framework, the foundation for introducing the mid-space actor typology is established. Mid-space actors as insider-partial mediators are perceived to be vital agents for peace processes in conflict-affected areas and thus can be important power brokers and focal points for outside actors. In this book, two insider views are examined through analysing mid-space actors in the peacebuilding process in Cambodia and in Mindanao, the Philippines. First, it explores the process of identity-building of Cambodian monks and how such a process enables or hinders the monks to bridge existing cleavages. Then, in the case study of Mindanao, the roles of civil society actors are considered. The next step is to introduce the outsider’s perspective on hybrid peacebuilding and how Asian peacebuilding actors such as China and Japan are engaging with mid-space actors who provide key bridges in peacebuilding. Yuji Uesugi, Yuji is Professor at the Faculty of International Research and Education, Waseda University, Japan. Anna Deekeling is a researcher at the Graduate School of Social Science, Waseda University, Japan. Sophie Shiori Umeyama is a researcher at the Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University, Japan. Lawrence Mcdonald-Colbert is a researcher at the Graduate School of Political Science, Waseda University, Japan. .

Contents:

Chapter 1. Introduction: Operationalisation of Hybrid Peacebuilding in Asia

Chapter 2. A Brief Sketch of Hybrid Peacebuilding

Chapter 3. Hybridity, Adaptive Peacebuilding and Complexity

Chapter 4. Bridging Gaps: From a Descriptive to a Practical Mid-Space Actor Typology?

Chapter 5. The Power of Identity in Hybrid Peacebuilding: Buddhist Monks in Post-Conflict Cambodia

Chapter 6. Frictional Binaries: Hybridity, Civil Society, and Liberal-Local Peacebuilding in Mindanao

Chapter 7. Rise of China’s Developmental Peace: Prospects for Asian Hybrid Peacebuilding

Chapter 8. Japan’s Peacebuilding and Mid-Space Actors: A Bridge between the West and the Rest

Chapter 9. Conclusion: Alternative Theory and Practice of Peacebuilding in Asia. .

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783030677589

3030677583

OCLC:

1246552752